[78-L] For your dining and dancing pleasure..here's Vince

Mon Oct 3 09:20:32 PDT 2011

Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks

October ~ November 2011

Here are some NEW write-ups about our
NEW Boardwalk Empire CD and our gig at Sofiaâ€™s!
To open the http: CTRL + click to follow link
Artist Direct
http://tinyurl.com/3u37atp
Blog Critics
http://tinyurl.com/44mga6t
Huffington Post
http://tinyurl.com/4y7ody9
Daily Record
http://tinyurl.com/3rsg84h
Atlantic City Weekly
http://tinyurl.com/3w7zxal
Jade Sphinx Blog
http://tinyurl.com/3d59ala
Voice of America
http://tinyurl.com/3n43wcq

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Mondays & Tuesdays, 8:00pm - 11:00pm (see below for Oct. 10)
Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks
Eleven-piece band playing music of the 1920s & '30s
for your dining and dancing pleasure -
Sofia's Restaurant
(Downstairs) Club Cache adjacent to the Edison Hotel
221 W. 46th Street (between Broadway & 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
$15. cash cover charge at the door + $15. food/drink minimum
Reservations call: 212.719.5799 - doors open at 7:00pm

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Wednesday, October 5th
8:00pm
If youâ€™re in the Scranton, PA area, tune into
44.1 â€“ WVIA-TV Public Media Studios
Remembering the Scranton Sirens
Tracing the 10-year history (1918-28) of the Scranton Sirens, a jazz dance band 
formed in Scranton
by violinist Billy Lustig that gained national popularity during the Jazz Age, 
and gave
Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey and Russ Morgan their starts (Jack Teagarden also played 
with the Sirens).
The hour profiles Morgan, the Dorseys and other notable Sirens, recalls 
Scranton venues where
the band performed, and re-creates Sirens tunes, performed by Vince Giordano 
and the Nighthawks.

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Thursday, October 6th
6:15pm - 7:45pm
Vince Giordanoâ€™s Trio
Dan Levinson and Peter Yarin will join me to play music of the 1920s & '30s
for the Green Carpet Gala ~ National Parks Conservation Association
Ellis Island
Great Hall at Ellis Island National Monument

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Monday, October 10th, Sofia's Restaurant
Weâ€™ll be there directly after the Charles Osgood show!

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Thursday, October 13th
8:00pm
A Tribute to Harrigan and Hart
The Original Men Who Owned Broadway
Mick Moloney and an all-star cast return to Symphony Space for a musical
tribute to Harrigan and Hart, the first famous collaboration in American theater.
Join the Irish Arts Center for an unforgettable evening commemorating the
100th anniversary of the passing of Edward "Ned" Harrigan.
Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street, NYC
Tickets: http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6771-a-tribute-to-harrigan-and-hart
or call 212-864-5400
Use discount code HARRIGAN for Orchestra: $35 (reg. $45) / Tier 2: $30. (reg. $38).

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Friday, October 21st
7:00pm Concert
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
presents
Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks
New York was filled with composers in the early twentieth century.
With the city as their backdrop, they wrote ragtime, pop, Broadway, jazz and 
early film music.
Join Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks Orchestra to rediscover
musical gems of Joplin, Berlin, Gershwin, Ellington, Donaldson, and others.
This concert is presented in conjunction with
Stieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to Oâ€™Keeffe, October 13, 2011 â€“ January 
2, 2012.
Dining There are two exclusive museum dining privileges available for ticket 
holders on Friday evening performances.
Choose from 5:30 pre-concert or 9:00 post-concert seatingâ€™s at either venue. 
  Petrie Court CafÃ© and Wine Bar ~ Present your
ticket to your host and receive a voucher for a complimentary glass of wine 
with minimum purchase of $20.
Reservations: 212-570-3964  Members Dining Room ~ Reservations: 212-570-3975
http://www.metmuseum.org/tickets/calendar/view.asp?id=3188
Tickets on sale now metmuseum.org/tickets, 212.570.3949,
or visit the Great Hall Box Office

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Sunday, October 23rd
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks
Enjoy an afternoon of music of the 1920s & '30s in the Cole Auditorium
Greenwich Library
101 West Putnam Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830
(203) 622-7970

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Tuesday, November 8th
7:30pm Concert
Presented by Seton Hall Arts Council
Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks
Eleven-piece band playing music of the 1920s & '30s with special guests:
Catherine Russell, Heather Gehring & Lou Brock and Jon Singer
South Orange Performing Arts Center
Jazz â€˜n the Hall
General Admission $25, Seniors & SHU Alumni $15, SHU Students and Staff $8
1 SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ 07079
For tickets, contact the SOPAC box office at (973) 313-2787 or www.sopacnow.org.

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Wednesday, November 16th
8:00pm
Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks
will be performing a special benefit concert with some very special guests for
Heartbeats of the World
Merkin Concert Hall
At the Kaufman Center
129 W 67th Street, Manhattan, NY
Purchase your tickets online or at the Box Office at 212-501-3330; $75, $50, $25.
If you wish to purchase patron tickets ($250) and attend the reception, call 
212-506-1718.
http://tinyurl.com/3apes5u

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Thursday, November 17th
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks
Eleven-piece band playing dance music of the 1920s & '30s
Brooklyn Museum
Exhibitions: Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties
BrooklyNites Jazz
This concert is presented in conjunction with WBGO, exclusive radio partner for 
the BrooklyNites series.
Entry is included with Museum admission. Space is limited and advance ticket 
purchase
for general admission is recommended via www.museumtix.com. Free admission and 
entrance
to the concert available to Brooklyn Museum and WBGO members on a first-come, 
first-served basis.
http://tinyurl.com/3om2yxj
Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238

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Monday, November 28th
6:30pm - 12:00midnight
~ Fall Gala ~
Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks
Eleven-piece band playing big band dance music
Waldorf=Astoria NY,
221 W. 46th Street, NYC
http://www.nycopera.com/supportus/specialevents.aspx

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If you would like to order our CDs â€“
I have these CD's available at $17. Each including postage within USA:

1. Quality Shout
2. Cheek To Cheek
3. Cotton Club Revisited
4. The Aviator â€“ Movie Soundtrack
5. Its D'Lovely â€“ music of Cole Porter
6. Moonlight Serenade â€“ Big Band Hits
7. Boardwalk Empire - Volume One: Music from the HBO Original Series

Send orders to: Vince Giordano, 1316 Elm Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11230
Checks and PayPal accepted. Please make checks payable to "Vince Giordano"
Please indicate clearly which CD's you are ordering, along with the quantity.
To order CDs through PayPal: vincegiordano at optonline.net

Here are a couple of stellar reviews that came out in July!

The Underground Boogie
Wall Street Journal
By WILL FRIEDWALD Vince Giordano is Hollywood's go-to guy whenever someone is

needed to authentically re-create vintage jazz or pop musicâ€”as you can hear, ...

http://tinyurl.com/3t3doml

Vince Giordano: Yesterday Man
JazzTimes Magazine
Dancers are swaying and sashaying in elegant ballroom fashion as

Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks beat out another hot-jazz gem. ...

http://tinyurl.com/3gy46xl

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We had a great time in April at TCM Film Festival in Hollywoodâ€¦

Watch this Pod-Cast~

http://vimeo.com/23188371

Or read some of the reviews~

http://tinyurl.com/3sret7e

http://tinyurl.com/45xyhwv

http://tinyurl.com/3nxrptf

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Here's a write-up in the New Jersey STAR LEDGER by Tris McCall...

http://tinyurl.com/4jm3qlh

Check out this great blog by Michael Steinman -

http://jazzlives.wordpress.com

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